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This book, written by Loyola University of New Orleans professor Jeffrey A. Krug and published by Business Expert Press, provides an in-depth look at the consequences of M&As for acquired top management teams. It examines M&As as a corporate growth strategy, the importance of top management teams to a firm's long-term performance, the reasons why executives depart after an acquisition, the effects of these departures on target company performance, and other key issues. Chapter 6, Executive Turnover and Postmerger Performance, discusses the relationship between postmerger executive turnover and postmerger performance. Current evidence suggests that turnover is a major cause of poor performance. I take a contrary view and explain why turnover can sometimes be a Beneficial outcome of an acquisition.

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This book, written by Virginia Commonwealth professor Jeffrey A. Krug and published by Business Expert Press, provides an in-depth look at the consequences of M&As for acquired top management teams. It examines M&As as a corporate growth strategy, the importance of top management teams to a firm's long-term performance, the reasons why executives depart after an acquisition, the effects of these departures on target company performance, and other key issues. Chapter 1, Turmoil in Top Management Teams Following Mergers and Acquisitions, provides an overview of the roles of top corporate management, the issues that arise for those executives when companies merge, the nature and extent of executive turnover, and the attendant challenges for top managers who remain in place.

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No one's surprised when executives of a newly acquired company leave in droves. But, new research shows, executive turnover rates are twice as high after a merger as before one--even nine years after the acquisition. Those initial departures have a lot to do with it.

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